It's becoming a bit of a sport these days in the Lower House to publicly rebuke the Speaker. Not too long ago that would have been unthinkable because MP's used to have unqualified respect for the position and the person.
Is it too much to ask that sometime soon a person worthy of the position of Speaker will be elected and MP's will take the process of electing him/her seriously instead of playing cheap pathetic political games to score one over the opposition ? This of course was the spiteful game played by Labour members last year, unable to swallow the fact their man, Speaker Martin, had been forced to resign due to his incompetence. Punishment came swiftly in the diminutive form of Speaker Bercow, equally incompetent yet voted in by Labour with a resounding 'stick that where the sun don't shine' to the Conservatives. Bercow is woefully out of his depth and displays all the same vindictive ineptitude of his predecessor and more. It is now quite frankly embarrassing the frequency of his overbearing headmasterly outbursts towards . . . . well Conservatives mainly, who have had the audacity to challenge his inflated ego and sharp practices in the Chamber. Little wonder T-shirts are now in circulation amongst MP's carrying the message "you're not f*****g royalty Mr Speaker".
This is about as close to royalty, little man, as you are ever likely to get.
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